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Robert Benton
Robert Benton tunnetaan parhaiten teoksista The Merv Griffin Show, Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood ja Le Grand Échiquier. Robert Benton on syntynyt 29. syyskuuta 1932. Robert Benton kuoli 11. toukokuuta 2025 92-vuotiaana.
- Syntynyt
- 29. syyskuuta 1932
- Syntymäpaikka
- Waxahachie, Texas, USA
- Kuollut
- 11. toukokuuta 2025 (92 v)
Elämäkerta
Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 - May 11, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director.
Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing. He was also the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 2006, he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust, as did a number of other well-known people.
Benton's family originally hailed from Northumberland in Great Britain, where the Bentons held a seat long before the Norman Conquest. Many family members settled in America, including Abigail and Isabel Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1642; George Benton, who settled in Barbados in 1669; and Robert Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1635. Benton was once a noble family, but they became commoners after the Norman invasion. Robert Benton still has relatives living in England who trace their origins to the seventeenth century. Other prominent Bentons include: Thomas Hart Benton and William Burnett Benton.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Benton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing. He was also the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 2006, he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust, as did a number of other well-known people.
Benton's family originally hailed from Northumberland in Great Britain, where the Bentons held a seat long before the Norman Conquest. Many family members settled in America, including Abigail and Isabel Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1642; George Benton, who settled in Barbados in 1669; and Robert Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1635. Benton was once a noble family, but they became commoners after the Norman invasion. Robert Benton still has relatives living in England who trace their origins to the seventeenth century. Other prominent Bentons include: Thomas Hart Benton and William Burnett Benton.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Benton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tunnettu teoksista
Filmografia
- 2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf
- 1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
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Robert Benton tunnetaan parhaiten teoksista The Merv Griffin Show, Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood ja Le Grand Échiquier.
Milloin Robert Benton on syntynyt?
Robert Benton on syntynyt 29. syyskuuta 1932. (Waxahachie, Texas, USA)
Kuinka vanha Robert Benton on?
Robert Benton kuoli 11. toukokuuta 2025 92-vuotiaana.
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